Need for Speed

Theatrical - Wide 2014-03-14

Cast Aaron Paul Dominic Cooper Imogen Poots Rami Malek Ramon Rodriguez
Directed by Scott Waugh

Box Office Gross: $203,277,636

Running Time: 132 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Bandito Brothers, Mark Sourian Productions, John Gatins Productions, Electronic Arts

Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller

JoBlo's Rating

3/10

Synopsis

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get... See more revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer’s head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

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